Concept information
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United States Government Agencies
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
United States Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Preferred term
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (U.S.)
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIAAA
Note
- add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Scope note
- Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It conducts research focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems to reduce the health, social, and economic consequences of this disease. NIAAA, NIMH, and NIDA were created as coequal institutes within the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration in 1974. It was established within the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH in 1992.
History note
- 2008
In other languages
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Finnish
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NIAAA
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Swedish
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NIAAA
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054563
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